TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbas,Abul K.
AU  - Lichtman,Andrew H.
TI  - Basic immunology: functions and disorders of the immune system 
SN  - 9781416046882
AV  - QW504 .A122b 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Philadelphia, Pa.
PB  - Saunders/Elsevier
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Immunologic Diseases
KW  - Immunity
N1  - Includes index; Introduction to the immune system : the nomenclature, general properties, and components of the immune system -- Innate immunity : the early defense against infections -- Antigen capture and presentation to lymphoctyes : what lymphocytes see -- Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and the development of immune repertoires. Cell-mediated immune responses : activation of T lymphocytes by cell-associated microbes -- Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity : eradication of intracellular microbes -- Humoral immune responses : activation of B lymphocytes and production of antibodies -- Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : the elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins. Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity : self-nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure -- Immune responses against tumors and transplants : immunity to noninfectious transformed and foreign cells -- Hypersensitivity diseases : disorders caused by immune responses -- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies : diseases caused by defective immune responses.
ER  -